Table and ironing-board



(No Model.)

A. M. TRIMBLE. TABLE AND IRONINe BoARD.

No. 437,264. Patented Sept. 30, 1890.

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TABLE AND IRoNlNG-BOARD.

PATENT' OFFICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,264, ama septmber 3o, Iseo.

Application tiled .T une '7, 1890.

To all whom, it may concern: i

Be it known that I, ADA M. TRIMBLE, a citication, and to the letters of reference markedv thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in ironing-tables; and it has for its object to provide an improved device of this character which shall be durable, cheap, and in practice very elicient.

The novelty resides in the peculiarities of construction and the combinations, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the appended claims.,

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section illustrating my improvement in operative position and in dotted lines in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same with a portion of the cover or top of the table broken away and thrown back.-

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views. l

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a table supported upon suitable legs and consisting of a rectangular body with a hinged top B and an opening a at one end, closed by the hinged portion O, which may beheld in its closed position in an y suitable manner.

D is an ironing-board of the usual form, and

-at its inner end formed with an opening b, in

which the pivoted support or brace E works, as shown in both figures of the drawings. The parts c upon each side of this opening are provided with serrated metal plates d upon their upper faces, as shown in both views, to afford a grip on the under side of the top of the table when in an operative position, as shown in Fig. 1.

Serin No. 354,650. on moda.)

F is a metal bar secured beneath the tabletop across the end of the table in which the opening a is formed, and beneath which the side parts c work, and by which they are prevented from vertical movement. This bar is set in with its upper face flush with the upper edge'of this end of the table.

Secured to the under side of the ironingboard, near its inner end, are the lugs Vor ears e, in which is supported the cross-rod G, by which the ironing-board brace E is pivoted in position, the said brace also being provided with ears f, through which the said rod loosely passes. The upper end of the said braceE is provided with a depending cross-piece or lug g, as shown in Fig. 1, to engage the upper face of the top of the table when in its operative,-

position, as shown in said Fig. 1. Thelugs or ears e are extended beyond the end of the board, as shown, and are connected by means of a transverse bar h, which is longer than the opening@ in the end of the table, as shown in Fig. 2, to prevent the entire removal of the parts from the receptacle of the table. These extended lugs or ears are provided upon their under sides with casters or rollers t', which aid in the movement of the parts within the tablereceptacle, as will be readily understood from Fig. 1.

To the under sideof the ironng-board, along the transverse edge of the opening b therein, is secured a strip j, which is beveled upon its under face, as shown in Fig. 1.

The lower'end of thebrace E is formed with a notch or recess 7e, in which tits the lower end of the inclined bar H, which at its upper end is hinged to one end of the strip I, the other end of which is hinged to the upper face of the brace E near its pivot, as shown in Fig. 1. When the parts are extended, the bar H and strip I are placed in the position in which they are shown in Fig. 1, and the strip I serves as a clothes protector and support while iron- Ing.

, When not in use, the parts are folded Within the receptacle of the table, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the hinged portion C closed and secured in any suitable manner.

When it is desired to use the ironing-board,

Fig. 1, the serrated metal plates (Z bearing against the under side of the top of the Jcable, and the lip or luggof the brace E bearing on the top of said table-top over the bar F, as shown, thus rnily holding the parts and forining a rigid support for the clothes While being ironed.

l. An ironing-board having an opening at one end, combined with a brace pivoted to Jche under side 0f the board with one end Workin g through said opening, and the strip I, hinged to the upper face of the brace near its upper end, and the brace II, hinged to the free end of the strip I and adapted to serve substaniiaily as and for the purpose specified.

ADA M. TRIMBLE.

Witnesses:

A. A. DOWNEY, Y NANCY WA'rsoN. 

